Backboard and goal tending

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Goaltending is when a player touches the ball during a try, or tap, while it is in its downward flight, entirely above the basket ring level, and has the possibility of entering the basket.

...as well as when an opponent of the free thrower touches the ball outside the cylinder during a free-throw attempt.

But I'm confident Billy knew that

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Goaltending is when a player touches the ball during a try, or tap, while it is in its downward flight, entirely above the basket ring level, and has the possibility of entering the basket.

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

...as well as when an opponent of the free thrower touches the ball outside the cylinder during a free-throw attempt.

... and veterans might want to add "outside the cylinder" on a field goal try, the fifth leg of the five legged goaltending stool that NFHS editors have somehow managed to drop over the past few years.

GT for the win